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Ministry of Justice of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ministarstvo pravde
Bosne i Hercegovine
Министарство правде
Босне и Херцеговине
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Formed2002
HeadquartersSarajevo
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Websitehttp://mpr.gov.ba/
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The Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: Ministarstvo pravde Bosne i Hercegovine / Министарство правде Босне и Херцеговине) is the governmental department which oversees the judiciary body of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

Following the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina began to operate from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) at the level of the newly established Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the end of the Bosnian War, and the signing of the Dayton Agreement, the Ministry of Justice of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry of Justice of the Republika Srpska started functioning for the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

By 2008, the entity Ministries of Justice were responsible for the jurisdiction of the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following the 2006 Bosnian general election and the formation of a new government in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina began functioning for the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Responsibilities

The Ministry of Justice has the authority to administer the following judicial institutions at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina:[1]

List of ministers

Ministers of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002–present)

Political parties:
  Serb Democratic Party (SDS)
  Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH)

No. Portrait Minister of Defence Took office Left office Time in office Party
1
Slobodan Kovač
Kovač, SlobodanSlobodan Kovač
(1936–2017)		23 December 200211 January 20074 years, 19 daysSDS
2
Bariša Čolak
Čolak, BarišaBariša Čolak
(born 1956)		11 January 200731 March 20158 years, 79 daysHDZ BiH
3
Josip Grubeša
Grubeša, JosipJosip Grubeša
(born 1978)		31 March 201525 January 20237 years, 300 daysHDZ BiH
4
Davor Bunoza
Bunoza, DavorDavor Bunoza
(born 1980)		25 January 2023Incumbent1 year, 289 daysHDZ BiH
Source: Rulers.org

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nadležnosti". www.mpr.gov.ba. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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